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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


Where we need General Knowledge?

  • Bank Exams
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
  • Category of Competitive Exams
  • All India Services:
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Which day was declared as the 'Direct Action Day' by the Muslim League ?

A) 3rd September 1946 B) 16th August 1946
C) 16th may 1946 D) 4th December 1946
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 16th August 1946

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Q:

Country that was called as Land of Rising Sun

A) Russia B) Japan
C) Korea D) Holland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Japan

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The fastest growing plant is ______ ?

A) Ashoka B) Banyan
C) Eucalyptus D) Rose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Eucalyptus

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A CD-ROM disk  _______

A) cannot be erased and rewritten B) has more storage capacity than a CD-R
C) holds less data than a floppy disk D) Can be written only once
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cannot be erased and rewritten

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Q:

Cache memory acts between

A) CPU and Hard disc B) RAM and ROM
C) CPU and RAM D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) CPU and RAM

Explanation:

Cache memory is an extremely fast memory type that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. It acts as a buffer between RAM and the CPU. It holds frequently requested data and instructions so that they are immediately available to the CPU when needed.

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Q:

During Processing data, programs, and processed information are held temporarily in _________

A) Secodary stoage B) ROM
C) RAM D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) RAM

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Q:

Water is a compound because it?

A) it contains two different elements joined by chemical bond B) it contains hydrogen & oxygen
C) it exists as solid, liquid or gas D) it cannot be split up into simpler substances by chemicals means
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) it contains two different elements joined by chemical bond

Explanation:

We know that All compounds are molecules, but not all molecules are compounds.

Water is a molecule because it is made from atoms that have been chemically combined. It is also a compound because the atoms that make water are not all the same - some are oxygen and some are hydrogen.

 

Hence, Water is a molecule and a compound.

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When and by whom the PIN coode system was introduced in India ?

A) Savinder Singh B) Shriram Bhikaji Velankar
C) D.R. Khullar D) Mahesh Barnwal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shriram Bhikaji Velankar

Explanation:

The PIN code system was introduced on 15 th August 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar. Currently India has six digit post code and soon it will be converted in eight digits.

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